LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Piel (Barrow), Lancashire.—On the 2nd September the yacht Wallaroo, which was pleasure-cruising with five people on board, was overtaken by bad weather. She got into difficulties and was eventually anchored in a dangerous position about two...

JANUARY 4TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.

DOWN. At 8.10 in the morning the Bangor coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore at Wilson Point, Belfast Lough. A northerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The motor life-boat...

Rockets and guns were fired by the Would Light-vessel on the 3rd February.

A moderate breeze was blowing at the time from E. by S., there was a heavy sea and the weather was thick, with rain and sleet, and very cold. At...

Three men were rescued on the 12th January in a strong southerly gale by the Life-boat Sarah Brooshfft, Kirk Ella, after having passed the night on a beacon on a rock upwards of three miles from the shore.

It appeared that...

The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of the different types of Life-boats used in the Institution's service. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view. Fig. 2 the " plan " or deck view. Fig....

Troon, Ayrshire - At 9.30 p.m. on 22nd March, 1967, a message was received that blood plasma was urgently required at Lamlash. The life-boat James and Barbara Aitken, with the plasma aboard, slipped her moorings at 10.6 in a strong westerly...

THIS August, for the fifth year running, the fishwives of Cullercoats made a collection for the Institution on the occasion of the road exercise and launch of the Life-boat in Whitley Bay. Once again, as they have already done each year,...

AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall, on Thursday, the 19th day of March, The Eight Honourable Lord Balfour of Burleigh, K.T., P.O., in the Chair,...